Not in It to Win It: Why Choosing Sides Sidelines The Church
by Andy Stanley
View on GoodreadsAtlanta megachurch pastor Andy Stanley's argument from within evangelicalism that the church's alignment with partisan politics — especially Trump-era — has undermined its core mission and damaged its witness.
Core ideas
- The cross is the model: Jesus declined the political power that was offered, and the church's pursuit of it inverts the example.
- When Christians treat unbelievers as enemies to be defeated rather than people to be loved, they make conversion impossible and ratify the cultural narrative that Christianity is a power project.
- The argument is pastoral, not policy — Stanley isn't telling Christians how to vote; he's telling them their political identity has eclipsed their Christian one.
Published2022
Pages256
ISBN9780310138921
ReadOct 2022
